A brief description of the context and content of materials.
Create abstract by summarizing quickly and efficiently, the context and content of material, including a small amount of biographical or historical information about the material represented and comment briefly on the scope and content, considering the following:
function or activities
time period and event or organization or subject
major type of material (no need to be inclusive in the abstract)
More detailed information can be written for a scope and content note.
Examples
Faculty Personal Papers
This collection documents the career of Philip Morse. Morse was a member of the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1931 to 1969 in the Department of Physics, and was a leader in the field of operations research. He also served in several administrative posts at MIT which are documented in committee records in the collection. Other material includes biographical information, correspondence, course material, trip diaries, manuscripts, and research data.
Administrative Records
The Servomechanisms Laboratory was formed in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1940 and was first engaged in war time servo mechanisms research related to guns, radar, and flight simulators. The laboratory continued under the Servomechanisms name until in 1959 it changed to Electronic Systems Laboratory to reflect its broader research program. Records of various research projects include laboratory notebooks, technical reports, engineering drawings and summary reports. Records of Army and Navy Gun Control Projects, the Numerically Controlled Milling Machine Project, and the APT System Project are represented along with a smaller number of Project Whirlwind documents.